3 Vegetarian Rice Cooker Recipes So you thought your rice cooker could only cook rice? Come with us to discover how this wonderful tool can take care of a whole meal for you. Rice cookers are a staple of Japanese kitchens. After using them in China, and now in Japan, I’ve discovered how versatile they can be. Many people believe that you can only make rice in a rice cooker, but just because the name tells you so doesn’t mean…

I Tried The Dalgona Coffee Trend Whether you’ve seen it on Instagram, TikTok, or Twitter, right now the quarantine go-to drink is the Dalgona Coffee. Being an absolute coffee fanatic and a sucker for trends, I decided to try this whipped coffee for myself to see whether it deserved all the hype. Dalgona coffee—if you don’t already know—is a sweet, creamy, cold coffee beverage made with 4 ingredients that most people already possess in their kitchen: instant coffee, sugar, water,…

How To Embrace The Matcha Fever In Tokyo Step 1: Fill your basket with matcha snacks. Step 2: Indulge in all the matcha treats. Step 3: Pamper yourself with matcha-scented beauty products. Spring in Tokyo means it’s strawberry and cherry blossom (sakura) season. But what’s that one other sweet trend you’ll find right alongside it? Love it or hate it, it’s matcha! While I appreciate that it’s not to everybody’s taste, with some even arguing (i.e. my father) that it’s…

Savvy Sips: Sakura Sayonara – Savvy Tokyo Who needs a drink? We do. Join us in our Savvy Sips and become the best home-bartender ever. This month, we unwind while sipping a delicious and terribly simple to make sakura-inspired cocktail. These days, fancy cocktail bars, and magical mixologists are getting almost as famous as TV chefs. But we don’t have to wait to only have delicious—and expensive—drinks on weekends at a luxury bar: we can make Instagram worthy, refreshing and…

Eating tapas like a local with Devour Barcelona Food Tours If you’re like me, you’ll spend most of your time eating or thinking about what to eat next when travelling. Especially if you’re somewhere in Spain. Barcelona, undeniably one of Europe’s leading gastronomic destinations, is a very good example. I’ve visited many times, but the city is so vast – and its choice of restaurants so ample – that each time I go there’s always something new to discover. And…

Join The Strawberry Storm With These 8 Tokyo Afternoon Teas Although this year’s warm winter and lack of snowfall is bad news for ski goers and snowboarders, Strawberry fans are lucky enough to be greeted with an early spring season strawberry fest! Tokyo Hotels are on board and have created an amazing array of beautiful red-colored ichigo (strawberry) treats with all of your favorite desserts and dishes, packed full of strawberries galore! Here are our eight picks for the best strawberry afternoon…

Stockholm Krogveckan – Slow Travel Stockholm Lola A. Åkerström spotlights the wildly successful annual dining initiative, Krogveckan – Restaurant Week in Stockholm. Editor’s note – This article will be updated every year to reflect the annual Krogveckan. Last updated – February 6, 2020 There’s no beating about the bush when it comes to dining – eating out in Stockholm can quickly dent your wallet and there are superb restaurants worth denting your wallet for. As we trudge through our winter…

7 Of Tokyo’s Best Valentine’s Day Exclusive Dinner Plans Get ready for a love-filled delicious dinner on Valentine’s Day! Falling on a Friday, Valentine’s Day is a good reason to leave work early, put your nice(r) clothes on and head out in the city for a better than your usual weekend dinner plan. Whether you’re celebrating with your significant other, a few friends, or even relatives, here are seven of the most romantic restaurants in central Tokyo where you can…

Trending In Tokyo: It’s Strawberry Season! Celebrate strawberry season in Tokyo with our berry special selection of afternoon tea, accessories and beauty products I spy with my little eye something sweet and juicy trending in Tokyo. That’s right, it’s finally strawberry season! If you’re not already a fan of this plump red fruit, the strawberry mania in Japan will definitely turn you into one. The top quality of strawberries in Japan makes them a bit of a “luxury fruit.” Jan. 15th…

Swedish Pastry Fusion: Beyond the Kanelbulle Swedish Pastry Fusion: Beyond the Kanelbulle Katharine Trigarszky explores the cafes in Stockholm that combine international with traditional Swedish baked goods to create Swedish pastry fusion. Enormous layer cakes are a staple at MR CakeSwedish pastry fusion When you think about Swedish pastry and cakes, the mighty kanelbulle (cinnamon bun) is probably what first pops into your mind. The cardamom bun (kardemummabulle) and the light fluffy semla often fight for second place in the…

This Week(End): Tokyo Area Events For January 18-19 Suffering from the January blues after all that festive fun? Resist the urge to curl up with Netflix in your pajamas and head outside for a top-notch weekend of citywide events. On Saturday, release your inner foodie at the annual Furusato Food Festival featuring cuisine from across Japan, burn it off with a spot of bargain hunting at Tokyo’s biggest flea market and forget your new year woes with some comedy in…